Comment by alephnan
2 years ago
The nihilistic view is that nothing matters anyways. The sun will die. It doesn’t matter if you are Bill Gates. In 1,000 years, most traces of our existence would have been forgotten. Look at the ancient kingdoms and rulers. Sure, the pharaohs we care about, but some random king elsewhere? Maybe not.
That's the nihilistic future. The optimistic future sees the human raise up further and further and beyond the solar system. Not as humans anymore, but evolved. There is no limit.